Cacodemon

//kækəˈdiːmən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An evil or malevolent spirit.
  2. 2
    an evil spirit wordnet
  3. 3
    The twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.

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cacodaemondemondemondevildybbukevil spirit

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”)). By surface analysis, caco- + demon.

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